ATOC20001 Extreme Weather and Climate (University of Melbourne): rated 4.0/5 overall across 5 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
ATOC20001 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Science in Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 极端天气与气候
Type: Subject
Credit points: 12.5
Subject area: Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate level 2
Handbook year: 2026
The impacts of climate change will not be felt by changes in our average temperature, but by changes to the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. But why is that?
ATOC20001 has 5 scored reviews: overall 4.0/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 5 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.0/5).
On Reddit: "hi! did this one last sem, honestly only needs very basic maths understanding (like knowing what derivatives are and how to read a graph), and we didn't use any programming softwares. some knowledge of physics like about air pressure and fluid dynamics would make it a bit easier…"
On Reddit: "i did weather in my first sem in first year and found it okay. It isn’t a hard subject to do and considering I didn’t know how to study back then, I’d say I did pretty decently That and the lecturer I had was nice in a very awkward dad kind of way ahahaha. You also get a ‘field …"
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Q: Is ATOC20001 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 5 reviews: overall 4.0/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ATOC20001, and when is it offered?
A: ATOC20001 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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